Pin and snap tie rack



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PIN AND SNAP TIE RACK Filed April 2, 1946 foam/ow Patented May 22, 1951UN [T E D S A-T ES OFFICE;

PIN AND" SN AP TIE RACK Giuseppelncampo, West, Point- N. Y.

Application April' 2, 1946; Serial No. 6585,9611

1 Claim- 1.

My invention relates toapparel racks and more particularly to tie racks.

The object of my invention is to provide a rack having clampingmechanisms to receive and support a plurality of ties in neat verticalhanging position.

Another object of my invention is to provide a necktie rack adapted tobe fastened onto a common wire clothes hanger, a straight wire supportor a wall and the like.

Other objects of my invention may appear in the following specificationdescribing my invention with reference to the accompanying drawingillustrating a preferred embodiment of my invention. It is however to beunderstood that my invention is not to be limited or restricted to theexact construction and combination of parts described in thespecification and shown in the drawing but that such changes andmodifications can be made, which fall within the claim appended hereto.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary front elevation of a tie rack according to myinvention supported by a Wire clothes hanger.

Figure 2 is a side view of a wire support to be used to support the tierack according to my invention in trunks or the like having parallelsupport bars only.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 33 in Figure 1 shown in alarger scale, and

Figure 4 is a fragmentary front view of the tie rack according to myinvention after removal of the tie holding clamping members.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, the tie rack according to myinvention has a back board Ill having end walls II which extendforwardly therefrom at right angles thereto. Intermediate the end wallsII a plurality of partitions I2 are arranged on the back board l0,extending transversely thereof and forwardly at right angles thereto. Asclearly shown in Figure 3 these partitions are shaped substantiallytriangular, one corner of such triangle being located adjacent the upperedge of the back board Ill. The height of the triangles is approximatelytwo-thirds of the height of the back board and the forwardly projectingcorners of the partitions are rounded off. Holes I3 are provided in thepartitions I2 and the end walls II. These holes are located in theforward projecting, rounded off portion of the partitions and arearranged concentrically with each other, so that they are adapted toreceive a continuous steel rod I4 therein.

A top board I5 is firmly attached to the back board inany conventionalor desired manner andextends forwardly at right angles thereto. Thetopsurface-of the-top board I5 is located at the same level as the topedge of the back board. A clamping board I6 is pivotally mounted on thesteel rod I4 between each pair of partitions I2 and between the endwalls H and the adjacent partitions. Preferably twelve clamping boardsl6 are provided. It is however to be understood, that any desired numberof clamping boards may be used. Between each clamping board I6 and theback board If! a helical spring I! is arranged so that the spring urgesthe upper portion of the clamping board outwardly away from the backboard, so that the lower end of the clamping board is forced intocontact with the back board. The top and bottom edges of each clampingboard I6 are rounded off and the lower surface of the top board I5 ishollowed out, as indicated at I8 in Figure 3, to permit the upper edgesof the clamping boards to be swung inwardly against the pressure of thesprings H.

To secure the springs IT in their working position a circularindentation I9 is provided in the back board In between each pair ofpartitions I2 and between the end walls II and the \adjacent partitionsl2. Corresponding indentations 2!] are provided in the rear surfaces ofthe clamping boards I6 and the ends of the helical springs I! arelocated in these indentations.

On the upper edge of the backboard I0 adjacent each end thereof a clip2| is fastened. These clips are shaped angularly. Each clip has anuprightly extending leg 22 in which a rearwardly and downwardlyextending hole 23 is provided adapted to receive a screw or the like(not shown) if it is desired to fasten the tie rack on a wall or thelike.

The other leg 24 of the clip extends forwardly and upwardly and has inits lower surface a transverse semi-circular groove 25.

To support the rack on a wire clothes hanger 26 the horizontal hangerportion 2! is forced underneath the second clip leg 24 into thesemicircular groove 25.

The clothes hanger can then be hung on a hook, nail or the likesupporting the tie rack thereon.

To put a tie on the rack the tie is folded in the desired manner. Theupper portion of one of the clamping boards I6 is forced rearwardlytoward the back board Ill against the pressure of the spring N. Thismakes it possible to place the tie between lower portion of the clampingboard and the back board, and upon release of are adapted to engage thehorizontal bars in the trunk or the like.

Having described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent:

A tie rack comprising a back board, forwardly extending end walls onsaid back board, a plurality of forwardly extending partitions spacedapart along the length of said back board, an-

elongated rod engaging said partitions and said end Walls spacedoutwardly from said back board, clamping boards swingable on said rodbetween said partitions, spring means engaged between said back boardand said clamping boards above said rod biasing the lower ends of saidclamping boards into clamping engagement with said back board, aforwardly extending top board on said back board spaced above said rodand having a concave lower surface under which the upper edge of each ofsaid clamping members is adapted to be engaged.

GIUSEPPE INCAMI'O.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,542,182 Spaziante June 16, 19251,557,989 vDombrowsky Oct. 20, 1925 1,658,744 Snyder Feb. 7, 19281,925,202 Provost Sept, 5, 1933 2,179,771 Wienand Nov. 14, 19392,191,022 LaVeau Feb. 20, 1940 2,209,953 Ycungquist Aug. 6, 1940 JonesFeb. 11, 1947

